13.5% ▼ -33.9%
Lower than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 20.3%
- 2016: 16.9%
- 2021: 13.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Balmoral · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Balmoral
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Community involvement in Balmoral has remained steady over the last decade, with a strong focus on home and family life. While volunteering rates are typical for the region, the area stands out for the high number of residents providing unpaid care and support to others.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 13.5% of people in Balmoral volunteer, a figure that is lower than most similar areas but remains about the same as the New South Wales and Australian averages.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
A high proportion of the community looks after others, with 16.2% providing unpaid care, which is well above the national figure of 11.9%. This includes 27.2% of people caring for children unpaid and 24.1% doing 15 or more hours of housework weekly.
16.2% ▲ +63.0%
Higher than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.0%
- 2016: 14.7%
- 2021: 16.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
27.2% ▼ -10.2%
Higher than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 30.2%
- 2016: 33.3%
- 2021: 27.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
24.1% ▼ -21.2%
Higher than 50% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 30.6%
- 2016: 28.2%
- 2021: 24.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who did 15 hours or more of unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census.
Defence service
People who served in the Australian Defence Force.
Defence service is more common here than in most similar areas, with 3.6% of residents having served in the Defence Force, slightly above the New South Wales average of 2.3%.
3.6%
Higher than 66% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people aged 15+ who have ever served in the Australian Defence Force (currently or previously).
Sources
- Census of Population and Housing — Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2021 (CC BY 4.0).
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Community Participation in Balmoral [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10168/balmoral/topic/community